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The archaeology of Mediterranean landscapes : human-environment interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman period /
This volume presents a comprehensive review of palaeoenvironmental evidence and its incorporation with landscape archaeology from across the Mediterranean. A fundamental aim of this book is to bridge the intellectual and methodological gaps between those with a background in archaeology and ancient...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- IntroductionCharacterising the Mediterranean; Maritime Processes; Coastal Processes; Examples of Mediterranean Coastal Change; Higher-Energy Events; Pre- and Proto-Historic Coastal Exploitation; Coastal Exploitation: The Development of Ports and Harbours (Bronze Age Onwards); Early Ports and Harbours; Classical Coasts and Harbours; Controlling Permeability; 4 Rivers and Wetlands; Studying Mediterranean Rivers and Wetlands: Research Questions and Approaches; Characteristics of Mediterranean Rivers; Springs and Karst; Wetlands; Alluvial Geoarchaeology: People and Climate
- Alluvial Landscapes and Farming in Anatolia and GreeceAspects of Alluvial Archaeology in Italy; Late Proto-Historic and Classical Alluvial and Hydrological Landscapes; Urban Alluvial Geoarchaeology: Glanum, Rome, and Gordion; Glanum; Rome; Gordion; Environmental Knowledge in Dynamic Alluvial and Wetland Zones; Human Engagements with Mediterranean Wetlands; Hydromythology; The Pontine Marshes: Roman 'Relationships' with a Wetland; Wetlands and Disease; Discussion: Responses to Hydrological Variability; 5 Environmental Change; Approaches and Research Questions; The Phytological Context
- The Fall from EdenLandscape Change Around the Mediterranean; Anthropogenic and Climatic Impact: Views from Around the Mediterranean; Southern Mediterranean; The Near East; The Evidence for Soil Erosion; Anatolia and Greece; Some Anatolian Trends; Variability Across Greek Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Classical Landscapes; The Development of the Anthropic-Climatic Regime; People and Environment in Italian Landscapes; People and Environment in Southern French Landscapes; People and Environment in Spanish Landscapes; Variations in Vegetation Change Across Spain
- Late Neolithic-Bronze Age Landscapes in SpainSite Catchments in Proto-Historic Spain; 6 Working and Managing Mediterranean Environments; Lifeways in Mediterranean Environments; Clearance, Terracing, and the Creation of the Sustainable Mediterranean Landscape; The Role of Fire; Agricultural and Productive Vegetation; Woodland and Landscape Management (Dehesa and Other Systems); Environmental Change and Social Geoarchaeology; The Sainte Victoire: Changing Patterns of Interaction with Environment; The Roman Watermill at Barbegal